Majority of Ukrainians consider only full liberation of all territories of Ukraine a victory – survey

STANISLAV POHORILOV – MONDAY, 22 AUGUST 2022, 14:41

55% of Ukrainians will accept only full liberation of Ukrainian territory from the occupiers as victory in the war. For 20.5% of respondents, victory would be the full annihilation of the Russian army and the disintegration of Russia as a state.

Source: results of a survey by "Deminitsiatyvy" ("Democratic Initiatives") and the Razumkov centre within the period from 5 to 12 August

Quote: "The majority of the participants (55%) say that they will consider a victory the liberation of all Ukrainian territories from the occupiers and returning the borders as of January 2014. 20.5% are even more radical – for them, victory will be the complete destruction of the Russian army and facilitation of the rebellion/disintegration in Russia".

Details: A small percentage of the respondents will consider it a victory if the war ends with some concessions from the Ukrainian side.

Nearly 9 percent of respondents consider a victory the liberation of all Ukrainian territory except the occupied Crimea; 7.5% will accept returning to the status-quo as of 23 February 2022, and 3% percent assume the war could end even if the occupiers stay in the territories invaded during the full-scale war.

Similarly, more than 75% of respondents will support the decision to terminate all relations with Russia and even ban Russians from entering Ukraine after its victory and liberation of all its territory.

The survey was conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv "Deminitiatives" foundation jointly with the Razumkov Centre think tank from 5 to 12 August 2022, with grant support from the University of Bremen and the "Vidrodzhennia" ("Renaissance") International fund.

The survey was conducted in 112 localities (57 cities and 55 villages) with the use of a face-to-face method.

In Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv Oblasts the survey was only conducted on the Ukraine-held territories where there was no fighting.

2,024 people aged 18 and older were interviewed.

The margin of error was 2.3%.

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